Apparatus for sterilizing liquids contained in hermetically-closed vessels.



L. GIONHVH;

APPARATUS FOR STERILIZING LIQUIDS CONTASNED IN HEHMETICALLY CLOSED VESSELS.

APPLICATION FILED APHx 9, $913. RENEWED DEC. 22| 1916.

Patented Dec. 1L 1917.

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M/@MM/j e wm omg.' coeceww I: Emown time L Looovco Ummm. o. .et of `he eeliao King., and Resident off Mmxo oy', have invented eeltein new ood oeefo improvements in Apparatus foto @e'lezog Lquido Cootelvled 4in Helrmeicm3/...sm Vessels. o" whieh the following? 'ie e ep' ceon.

The @Teef ri; mfemxion reletee 15:0 e new "op-- lo pomme 'for e'erilieioef in a heated room .hog eide comeoed io lel'meteolly closed reclp omis oooh ee boeilles.

The moet mpoemm ceeeooe Why bottles Meek fleeing the ofeozing p oceee ere me MB :lofiowogg ones: l

{To} e cliiereoce off pressure inside und corresponding #zo Si? l.

is e eide@ View 'jme of Fie.. l.

Fig. 4f is: e; section on line fw-w m Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is e section on .line .e-e of Fig. 3. Fig. ie L "transverse seetion-of o second ecceeeo'v pero of the apparatus.

Fig. i ie o. perto epoldoggto Fie'. G.

t E is perspective View of Noel secf the apparatus.

ond or eoceoeory port 9., l0 and ll are conelroctwe forms of the heating indemne of the eppmazue.-

The uppmemei composed of e cylindrice!4 chamber 'eloty of drums 9; 'which may be mtrodooec.

w21; ooe side of said chamber.

. Le Selci drums iu'e arranged the bottles" eox'xmioing the liquids to be .ete'ixed and rotated by menne of the (evice shown in Fig. 8. A. removable cover 3 hel'metclly closes the chamber Through 'e cock i is :introduced .the Hui@ under pressure for balancing the pressure ineide the oogee'. A menomeen' 22 ildcotee the 'pressure io toe chamber l 'While one botn 'ille 6 is provided. Wtl a mamometeif 'fo'lihf dicming the pressure Within the bottles.

he'iocreosiog o1'` decreosngol the teme peleiure of the hotties is produced by means of e Huid enkeling file oulfzelzenouer Sperre or jacket 'Y through e duct provided with e coci: and the central space 9.

pipe 13 "provided with e cock El miel section colore` through the Ci. arranged for receivnge plu- When the cook 35.1 s, opened, the. hot Hui@ V. or Steam, entere the tube Whlch 1s open et its opprfveecl eind 14. By limones ofthe @ook 1Q the condensed Steam is withdrawn from space 9. l5 (F'D. 2) is o pipe provided with@ cock 17 for provl-dngxwotev during the coo'ndg down. THE ie e. cock` provided on 'time pipe l0 for drawing oi'ehe Wael. 19 ie be oute; cook of the cooling Huid from jacket 7. 9.0 and Q0 `:we eefety volveel ono me meoomeue're.

ehe heating jacket T. is formed by oneens` o .plumey of 'tubes locoev Within the chamber l :und colmeoted wth each other'.

The m'liooer .fspuee es Well :le the tubular' chamber 13 may be divided in compartments 9.4-, 95,` 26 (Figi '10) o?? vin rows of imoes Q7, 125', 9.9 (Fig. 11) edepeoden; from each. other ood. receiving steam et dereo tempera.-

tures according to their level in order to produce a uniform temperature ot the atmosphere surrounding the bottles to be sterilized, without necessity to rotate the latter as it will be described hereinafter.

82 are the steam inlet pipes, S the outlets pipes for the condensed steam.

The rotary apparatus according to Figs. 1, 3 and l., comprises annular drums 2 provided with rollers 30. The bottles are hori-f cooling` cylinder, means tor snpportitiu zontally disposed within the drum.

Said drums are introduced after each other in the chamber l and are put in condition for rotating around a pivot formed by means of a cylindrical trame 32 (Figs. l, 3, Il, 6, 7, 8) provided/with guides for guiding the drums When introduced and `with rollers 34 for rotating said drums together with frame 32 on the central tube 9.

The apparatus shown in Figs. G and ,'.7

serves :tor supporting the central tube 9- when the apparatus is very long.

The cylindrical trame 32 is provided at one end With a toothed wheel 35 (Figs. l and 8) engaging a pinion 3G mounted on the shaft bearing the pulley 87 which is actuated by a motor not shown in the dr:ii\'ings. The device (Figs. (i and 7) supporting the pivot and consequently the Whole rotary device comprises: a circular U shaped guide 38 provided at its outer periphery with rollers 39 for readily introducing the de- Vice into chamber l; a concentrically disposed ring 40 is provided with radial supports 41 on which are mounted rollers 42 rolling on the guide 38 and with inner rollers 43 rolling on the guides 33.

Having now fully described my said invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. An apparatus for sterilizing in a heat# ed room liquids contained in hermetically closed recipients comprising a horizontally disposed cylindrical heating chamber, a fixed closure at one end of said chamber, a removable closure at the opposite end of said chamber, heating and cooling means at the inner periphery of said chamber, an axially disposed cylindrical heating and .eooling device, means for supporting said axial device. means for introducing steam and cooling fluid within said heating and cooling device, means for evacuating the condensed steam and cooling fluid from said devices, a plurality of annular drums located in said chamber between both said heating and cooling devices for receiving the hermetically closed recipients containing the liquid to be sterilized, means for rotating said drums and means for intro ducing a fluid under pressure into said chamber containing the hermetically closed recipients to'be sterilized in order to balance the pressure in the interior of said reeipients.-

2. An apparatus for sterilizing, in a heated room, liquids contained in hermetically closed recipients comprising a horizmnally disposed cylindrical chamber, a lixed elo-- sure at one end ot saidcylimlrical chamber, a remolvable closure at the opposite end of said chamber, an annular heating and cooling jacket at the inner periphery oi` said chamber, an axially disposed l'ieating and Y ,I said cylinder in said chamber, pipes Yfor providing steam and cooling fluid to said pcripheral and axial heating and cooling means, pipes for evacuating the condensed steam and cooling fluid from said heating and cooling means, cocks inserted in said pipes for adjusting the flow of steam and of luid through said pipes, a plurality of annular drums located in said chatiiber, between both saidiheating and cooling means, hermetically closed recipients containing the .liquid to be sterilized, and horizontally arranged within said drums, grooved pulleys at the smaller cylindricall wall of each ot said drums, a plurality of rings loosely surrounding said axial heating and cooling cylinder, and forming the rotating means` lor said. drums, longitudinally disposed bars secured at the outer periphery ot said rings and engaging the grooves ol said pulleys for guiding said drums when introduced in said chamber, radially disposed rollers on the inner periphery of said-rings and bearing on said axial heating and cooling cyl inder, guiding bars and rollers forming a rotary frame on which the drums are cngaged by means of said grooved pulleys, a toothed Wheel secured at one end of said frame, a shaft, a pinion keyed on said shaft and engaging said toothed wheel and a pulley secured on said shaft for rotating said frame together ivii'h the drums engaged on Said frame by means of said grooved pulleys.

3. An apparatus for sterilizing in a heat ed chamber liquids contained in hermetically closed recipients comprising a horizontally disposed cylindrical heating chamber, a fixed closure at one end of said cylindrical chamber, a removable closure at the opposite end of said chamber, sets of pipes independent from each other, forming a peripheral heating and cooling` jacket in said chamber, means for providing steam and cooling Huid in said jacket, means for withdrawingthe condensed steam aml cooling fluid, means for controlling the How of steam and cooling Huid on said seis of pipes, an axially disposed heating and cooling tube in said chamber, means for supporting said tube in said chamber, means for providing the steam and the cooling Huid to said tube, means for adjusting the How of steam and cooling fluid on said tube, a plurality of annular drums located in said chamber, be tween both said heating and cooling means,

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